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Atlantic Council (blog)
March 22, 2018
Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sasakawa USA, is a renowned expert on Asia Pacific policy and issues. As Director of National Intelligence, from January 2009 to May 2010, he led sixteen national intelligence agencies, managed a budget of $50 billion and provided integratedÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 5, 2018
Retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair said that Fridriksson's high grades on Japan's capabilities and willingness to seize the initiative shouldn't surprise anyone. Blair, the former Director of National Intelligence and commander of the Hawaii-based Pacific Command, said that two decades ago Tokyo's forcesÃâà...
Sputnik International
January 31, 2018
Former US Pacific Command chief Adm. Dennis Blair challenged the notion that North Korea is an "imminent threat" to the US during a Tuesday ... The vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff echoed the admiral's assertion that North Korean military capabilities may be overhyped, even if thoseÃâà...
POLITICO Magazine
September 18, 2017
This week: a deep dive on the North Korea crisis, with Admiral Dennis Blair, who's spent decades working on this. ..... When you were the DNI, the director of national intelligence, it was this period where South Korea was very eager for more aggressive steps to be taken to contain this threat against them.
The White House (blog)
August 14, 2017
ADM Dennis Blair, USN (Ret.), former Director of National Intelligence: “The President's action today is an important and overdue first step. The United States badly needs a full court press of strong cooperative actions both by the government and the private sector to defend one of America's most importantÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
August 11, 2017
That comes from retired U.S. Navy Admiral Dennis Blair. He served as commander of American forces in the Pacific, and later as President Obama's first director of national intelligence. And Sue Mi Terry, she spent seven years as a senior Korea analyst at the CIA, and later as a director on the NationalÃâà...
USNI News
July 28, 2017
Speaking Friday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Retired Adm. Dennis Blair, former director National Intelligence and the top military officer in the Pacific, said in answer to a question, “We are already exposed” to North Korean missile attack, even using conventional weapons, by theÃâà...
Chinatopix
May 29, 2017
Only last week, retired U.S. Navy Admiral Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) under President Barack Obama, argued that ... Adm. Blair's startling comments came as the U.S. is accelerating obvious preparations for a punitive precision strike on North Korea's nuclear facilities.
South China Morning Post
May 24, 2017
A former US director of national intelligence has warned against using military means to solve the North Korea nuclear crisis, saying that Washington may have to live with Pyongyang's weapons programme. North Korea has defied all diplomatic efforts to stop its nuclear and missile programmes, and manyÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 4, 2017
OXON HILL, Md. — The "chattering classes" in Washington are pushing the perception that China is besting the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific and that it could defeat the American fleet in a clash over territory, said retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who once commanded Navy forces in the region. Blair, whoÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
April 4, 2017
Retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who commanded PACOM from 1999-2002 and who later served as Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration, told an audience of military and defense contractors that China has not yet gained a strategic advantage over the U.S. Navy in the region, but if theÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 4, 2017
OXON HILL, Md. — The "chattering classes" in Washington are pushing the perception that China is besting the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific and that it could defeat the American fleet in a clash over territory, said retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who once commanded Navy forces in the region. Blair, whoÃâà...
The Atlantic
January 13, 2017
And how does the intelligence community process or try to verify alleged information like what's in the Trump dossier? I spoke about these and other questions with Dennis Blair, who was the director of national intelligence, overseeing the intelligence community, in 2010 and 2011. A condensed and editedÃâà...
The Atlantic
May 21, 2010
The outline of the story arc is familiar: Adm. Dennis Blair (ret) slowly lost confidence of the White House. But it's also true that the White House was never able to provide Blair the support a DNI needs. The office doesn't have full budget and targeting authority, so it needs legitimacy, and that's something onlyÃâà...
New York Times
November 22, 2008
Following is part of a series of profiles of potential members of the administration. Name: Dennis C. Blair. Being considered for: Director of national intelligence. Would bring to the job: Intimate experience with intelligence during a 34-year Navy career. A brainy retired four-star admiral whose jobs includedÃâà...
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